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Help me ID this tune

RBrownBass

Thoroughly Nice Guy
Aug 22, 2004
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Everyone's heard it. It's now the backing music for a commercial. I don't know what commercial, because it hasn't come on again today, but here's the info I do have.

If you've ever watched a lot of cartoons, you have heard it whenever there was a scene involving a lot of machinery, like in a factory, or activity, like on a busy city street.

It's pretty much all brass, and there's an intro that's just lower brass. The intro is eighth notes, around 120 bpm, and IIRC, the notes are C E Eb F# F D Eb E. this goes twice, and then the melody kicks in.

Someone's gotta know the title of this tune. Thanks in advance!
 
slackdaddy said:
Hey, I am pretty sure you are talking about the Carl Stalling piece Called "Powerhouse" that he wrote for Warner Brothers and Looney Tunes.

"Powerhouse" was originally written by Raymond Scott and later used by Carl Stalling in many Looney Tunes cartoons (along with many other Scott compositions). You can also hear it in Rush's masterpiece "La Villa Strangiato" (the "Monsters!" theme).

The original Raymond Scott version can be found here and the WB cartoons version is here
 
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